Documentary film on the
442nd Regimental Combat Team
. Relying on archival and newsreel footage along with interviews,
The Silent Glory
begins with the attack on Pearl Harbor on
December 7, 1941
and the subsequent mass forced removal of West Coast Japanese Americans, continuing with the struggle to restore eligibility to military service for Japanese Americans and the military history of the 442nd, and climaxing with the rescue of the
Lost Battalion
and the movement to award
Congressional Medals of Honor
many years later. Among those interviewed are George Katagiri, Kennie Namba,
George Oiye
, and Al Ouchi, along with Martin Higgins, one of the commanders of the "Lost Battalion." Producer and director Zed Merrill specializes in making films about relatively little known aspects of World War II.

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